South Dakota Governor Kirsti Noem, a Republican, was thrilled when Donald Trump held the national celebration of the Fourth of July with her. She was over the moon.

Since then, she’s essentially idolized him.

Now, Noem wants on the ticket as Trump’s potential VP, and she’s done everything she can to get that pick. It’s a notoriously long list, despite the media calling it a “shortlist” for the position.

But if you plan on running for a high-profile position, you have to get out in front of your problematic past before the media comes for you with a take that isn’t as refined as you’d like.

So Noem wrote a book.

In the book, she describes how she murdered a 14-month-old puppy named Cricket (and a goat, too, but that’s another tale). She led Cricket to a rock quarry and did away with the inconvenience of a dog.

Now, she’s facing backlash — who could IMAGINE — over her admission of not putting the dog to sleep, but KILLING it.

She at first claimed that the dog was threatening, as though a year-old dog could threaten anyone. She went on at length about how she hated the wire-haired pointer, and then quickly picked up on the fact that other people aren’t awful like her. The response she got, even from the MAGA world, was not what she was expecting.

So now, she’s spinning like a top.

The newest excuse for her animal cruelty is that she was choosing the “safety of [her] children,” not disposing of a pet that came to annoy her.

“Don’t believe the #fakenews media’s twisted spin,” she wrote on X. “I had a choice between the safety of my children and an animal who had a history of attacking people and killing livestock. I chose my kids.”

You know what you should choose, Kristi? A better trainer than you. How many chickens had your only recently evolved from wolf dog killed before you realized you didn’t want him anymore?

The reactions were, in fact, pretty predictable.

“You killed a puppy and a goat and now we find out, several horses. The first step is to admit you have a problem. Take it.”

“The stench of desperation is thick here.”

Not only is her excuse for MURDERING A DOG pathetic, but if Trump does pick her to be his running mates because she’s pretty and a woman, it will tell us all about his absolute nonchalance.

But then, he doesn’t even have a pet, either.

Luckily, the community notes on Twitter also called her out, and listed links detailing her previous stories, and calling her out as the liar that she is. Sociopathic liar.

Don’t believe the #fakenews media’s twisted spin. I had a choice between the safety of my children and an animal who had a history of attacking people & killing livestock.

I chose my kids. pic.twitter.com/ZTtN7MpQvf

— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) May 2, 2024